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You can't encrypt your physical face. So how do you fight back when police treat a flawed AI guess as divine truth?

Episode 28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW.

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#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #Podcast #DigitalPrivacy #PhyiscalPrivacy #Police #PoliceTech #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #ImpracticalPrivacy #PrivacyTools #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSelfDefence

The-14 1d ago

From gait analysis to fingerprint theft, how worried should we be about the latest advances in biometric technology?
#Tech #AI #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #Surveillance #DataProtection #FacialRecognition #Fingerprint #VoiceAI #DigitalSecurity #DataPrivacy
https://the-14.com/from-gait-analysis-to-fingerprint-theft-how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-latest-advances-in-biometric-technology/

From gait analysis to fingerprint theft, how worried should we be about the latest advances in biometric technology? | The-14

Biometric data from face, voice, and gait is increasingly used in daily tech, raising concerns about privacy, surveillance, fraud, and identity theft.

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose 1d ago

Gizmodo: Police in China Sure Love Smart Glasses. “Uses among Chinese police, according to the report, include ‘traffic management, street patrols, and locating missing people,’ which sounds important and useful but also wanes towards the dystopic.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/gizmodo-police-in-china-sure-love-smart-glasses/

Gizmodo: Police in China Sure Love Smart Glasses

Gizmodo: Police in China Sure Love Smart Glasses. “Uses among Chinese police, according to the report, include ‘traffic management, street patrols, and locating missing people,’ w…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Renatomancer 1d ago

🇨🇳 #surveillance 👓 #FacialRecognition

https://gizmodo.com/police-in-china-sure-love-smart-glasses-2000763598

Police in China Sure Love Smart Glasses

Custom, government-made smart glasses are finding their way onto the faces of policemen in China, and it sounds like one big privacy violation.

Gizmodo

Sudo 1d ago

You can't sandbox a police department, and you can't encrypt your physical face. So how do you practice technical self-defense against state-level algorithms?

Episode 28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW. We dive into the devastating human cost of flawed facial recognition software, how it loads the deck in police lineups, and real-world steps to fight the dragnet.

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#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #TechJustice #Podcast #Surveillance

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬2d ago

#ScotlandYard can keep using live #facialrecognition on people in #London, say judges
The #UK's High Court rules that London's Metropolitan #Police can keep using live facial recognition; police say the tech has led to 2,100+ arrests since 2024
Judges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current #humanrights laws https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/high_court_gives_thumbs_up/
#surveillance #privacy

High Court approves Met Police's facial recog after dispute

: Judges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights laws

theregister

Sudo 2d ago

AI decides a grandmother looks "close enough" to a criminal suspect states away. The result? 6 months in a jail cell for a crime she didn't commit.

Ep28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW.
We are talking the human cost of law enforcement's reliance on facial recognition software.

If AI can brand you a felon in a state you've never visited, your location doesn't protect you anymore.
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#Privacy #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Biometrics #AutomationBias #Podcast

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Helvete miss MySpace 2d ago

And Don't forget to both Sign this Petition & Block Celebrities who's Ignoring YouTube's Fascist, Racist, & Greedy Online #AgeVerification Crap and Racist #FacialRecognition Crap!: https://www.change.org/p/youtube-s-ai-tracks-everything-you-watch-stop-this-now

Celebrities these days SUCKS!

Sign the Petition

YouTube’s AI Tracks Everything You Watch — Stop This Now

Change.org

Helvete miss MySpace 2d ago

I wish Musicians like Spice Girls' Melanie C. QUIT IGNORING YouTube's Fascist, Racist, & Greedy Online #AgeVerification Crap and Racist #FacialRecognition Crap!

STOP UPLOADING MUSIC VIDEOS TO YOUTUBE!

I am about this Close to Block Sporty Spice!

And I Want my MTV Hits back! Bring Back the Lower-Left Cornered Kabel Black Typeface!

#RIPYouTube #Blockout2025 #Blockout2026 #PeterThielisATerrorist #NealMohanIsATerrorist #SundarPichaiIsATerrorist #MelanieC #SportySpice #BringBackMTVHits #DeathToAI

Sudo 2d ago

A computer algorithm decided a grandmother in Oklahoma looked "close enough" to a bank fraud suspect in Maryland.

The result? Six months in a jail cell for a crime she didn’t commit.

Tomorrow on Impractical Privacy, we dissect the catastrophic failure of police facial recognition software—and why the boilerplate "investigative lead" warning labels fail to protect innocent people.

Queue it up tomorrow 🎧 ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #Podcast